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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] mm: compaction: fix the possible deadlock when isolating hugetlb pages
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On 3/15/2023 1:27 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 03/14/23 12:11, Baolin Wang wrote:
>> On 3/14/2023 1:08 AM, Mike Kravetz wrote:
>>> On 03/13/23 18:37, Baolin Wang wrote:
>>>
>>> It would seem that the pfn of a hugetlb page would always be a multiple of
>>> COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX so we would drop the lock. However, I am not sure if
>>> that is ALWAYS true and would prefer something like the code you suggested.
>>
>> Well, this is not always true, suppose the CONT-PTE hugetlb on ARM arch,
>> which contains 16 contiguous normal pages.
>>
>
> Right. I keep forgetting about the CONT-* page sizes on arm :(
>
> In any case, I think explicitly dropping the lock as you have done is a
> good idea.
>
> Feel free to add,
>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>

Thanks for reviewing.

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